James Braid (surgeon) James Braid (19 June 1795 – 25 March 1860) was a Scottish surgeon and "gentleman scientist".
He was a significant innovator in the treatment of club-foot and an important and influential pioneer of hypnotism and hypnotherapy. He is regarded by many as the first genuine "hypnotherapist" and the "Father of Modern Hypnotism".[1] “Although Braid believed that hypnotic suggestion was a valuable remedy in functional nervous disorders, he did not regard it as a rival to other forms of treatment, nor wish in any way to separate its practice from that of medicine in general. He held that whoever talked of a "universal remedy" was either a fool or a knave: similar diseases often arose from opposite pathological conditions, and the treatment ought to be varied accordingly. He objected being called a hypnotist; he was, he said, no more a "hypnotic" than a "castor-oil" doctor.” — John Milne Bramwell (1852–1925)[2] Braid's initial set of precise technical terms:Neurypnology (1843), pp.12–13. James Braid, the Founder of Hypnotherapy - Hypnotherapy Training Courses at The UK College of Hypnosis and Hypnotherapy.
Www.James-Braid.com I am the editor of the book The Discovery of Hypnosis: The Complete Writings of James Braid, published by the National Council for Hypnotherapy (NCH).
You can order the book from NCH directly, or from Amazon UK or Amazon US. You can also browse a limited preview online with Google Books. You can read my blog articles about James Braid here. James Braid ( 1795 - 1860 ) History of Hypnosis. James Braid (1795-1860) is a major figure in the history of hypnotism, so much so that he is often regarded as the “Father of Hypnosis”.
Indeed, it could be argued that hypnosis as we know it today didn’t exist before Braid. He removed hypnosis from the occult shadows of mesmerism, through his insights into the nature of trance and by coining the word “hypnosis” itself. James Braid biography. Whonamedit - James Braid. Scottish surgeon, born 1795, Rylawhouse, Fifeshire, Scotland; died March 25, 1860, Manchester.
James Braid studied in Edinburgh and concerned himself extensively with surgery and wrote on orthopaedic surgery, the treatment of club foot, squint, and other surgical topics, on which he published in the Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal, volume 56. Braid initially was a physician to the mines of Leads-Hill in Lanarkshire, Scotland. In 1841, when well established in a surgical practice at Manchester, he developed a keen interest in mesmerism, as hypnotisism was then called. This interest was aroused in November 1841, when he watched a demonstration by Lafontaine (1803-1892). Braid began to experiment for himself, and was soon demonstrating and lecturing and encouraging open discussion and criticism. His primary technique was to get the subject to focus on a small bright object held very close – 20 cm to 40 cm away from the eyes – in a position which strained the eyes and eyelids.
Neurypnology by James Braid. Or The rationale of nervous sleep considered in relation with animal magnetism.
James Braid DM:- I have copied this book for others to read because I regard this book as THE fountain head of hypnosis. Braid not only gives us the word we now use for our subject, but brought to it a clarity of thought and an energy of experimentation which is unparallelled.I do not know much about his life which is not contained in the pages of this book, but I have compiled them into a brief biography.
CHARLES ANDERSON, M.D. My Dear Sir, I am aware that you are not practically acquainted with the subject of this treatise, but your intimate knowledge of general science renders you eminently qualified for prosecuting the subject with success; and permit me to assure you, that its value as a curative power, for an intractable class of diseases, renders it well worthy of your best attention. Hypnosis Gains Credibility - Hypnosis in History - American Hypnosis Association. Once the early mesmerists began proposing new theories and finding new applications for Mesmerism, the practice began to gain more legitimacy among doctors and scientists moving into the mid 19th Century.
Dr. James Braid In 1841 a Scottish medical doctor, James Braid, went on to become one of the most important figures in the history of Hypnosis after he observed his first mesmerist show at the age of 46. Born in rural Scotland, James Braid went on to study medicine at the University of Edinburgh and became a respected general surgeon in Manchester, England. Though he may have heard of Mesmerism during his training or career, the first time he actually observed it was at a travelling show performed by a Swiss Mesmerist, and the practice greatly intrigued him. Hypnotism and Hypnotist After the show he obtained permission to closely observe the man’s subjects, and after months of intense observation, Dr. I have now entirely separated Hypnotism from Animal Magnetism. Eye Fascination Dr. Hypnotherapists' social club and discussion gro.